00:00:11,700	All right, it is 5:15, so I’m gonna go ahead and call the board of City Commissioners together and we will start with invocation and pledge with Chaplain Her. Heavenly Father, thank you for this day and thank you again for the beauty of it and the the sunshine.

00:00:46,530	Thank you for the the cool of the air, which declares the change of the seasons. and Lord, it shows us once again your power and your might. and it proves to us that we are not in control, but that there is one who does control, uh, every element and aspect of this world, including the seasons of which we have no

00:01:07,900	control. And so Lord, we thank you that we can come to you in prayer, and we ask that, uh, this evening as these commissioners meet as they debate and discuss and as uh uh things are brought before them.

00:01:34,530	Father, we pray that you would grant wisdom that you would grant insight, that you would grant clarity of communication and conversation back and forth, um, that people are understood one to another as um uh points are brought up and things are, are discussed and even as decisions are made. Lord, we thank you that you’ve given us a beautiful city to live in. We thank you for our leadership.

00:01:53,230	We thank you for these commissioners. We thank you for those, uh, who are, uh, serving us, and we specifically think of our first responders who are available to help and to rescue and to keep us from and keep us safe from from peril and tragedy.

00:02:13,630	And so Lord, would you bless them today? Would you watch over and, and protect them. Um, thank you for the service that they do. and, uh, might we as the citizens of this, uh, great city might, might we be thankful and, and, uh, and mention it to them, grateful for their service that they give.

00:02:36,000	Uh, Lord, now in these moments together, um, we, uh, say thank you again for being our, for being God and for giving us, uh, the opportunities to gather together and to, to govern ourselves, and we pray these things in the name of Jesus Christ your Son, our Savior. Amen.

00:02:58,370	I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty to hosts for all injustice for all. All right, we will go ahead and call Roll. Miss Noris Here, Comm Zinker, here, Comm Connelly, here, Mayor Schmitz here.

00:03:28,970	Chair Cleary, here All right, first on the agenda is public comment, um, just a reminder, public comment is restricted to items on the consent agenda, regular agenda, or the prior city Commission agenda excluding any public hearing items.

00:03:47,100	Um, I do ask that you please write down your name and address when you, um, come up to the podium and state the item, um, that you will be speaking on. First call for public comment. Second call for public comment. 3rd and final call for public comment. Public comment period is now closed. Item number 2 is the consent agenda, uh, Commissioners, what are the wishes of the consent agenda? Madam Chair. Yes, go ahead.

00:04:18,900	Yeah, Comm Risch here. I’d like to pull item 6 off the agenda and um discuss it just briefly. I think it’s great news and, uh, uh, the public should hear about it. That’s the fire truck 6. OK, that is item B D66. OK, so we will go ahead and pull D6 for discussion.

00:04:40,900	Anything else I’d moved to approve the rest of the consent agenda and uh, excluding item D6 and we’ll come back to that. Second, there’s a motion and a second. Any further discussion? OK, go ahead and call roll Comm Zinker Yes, Comm Connelly, yes. Mayor Schmitz Yes. Comm Risch Yes, Chair Clery.

00:05:13,470	Yes, OK, consent item D6 is the update on the sole source purchase of a 1926 Seagrave fire truck approved at the September 22, 2025, City Commission meeting in an executive session, um, Comm Risch, I will let you speak to that.

00:05:32,100	Yeah, I just maybe Jason could come up and explain it in more detail. He’s the expert, but it, it, it’s. OK, but it’s pretty exciting, OK, but it’s pretty exciting. I thought, um, um, it’d be nice for the public to see about it. It’s uh Bismarck’s second fire truck, I understand. It seems to be in very good condition and, uh, we were able to purchase it and, um, preserve it.

00:05:51,430	Go ahead, Jason. Good evening, uh, Mayor Commissioners, Chair Cleary, Comm Risch, yes, thank you for the opportunity to get to talk about this. Uh, what we’re talking about here is a 1926 Seagrave fire truck that was originally purchased.

00:06:11,530	It was ordered and purchased by the city of Bismarck I believe we took delivery in early January of 1927 in this particular fire apparatus served in the Bismarck Fire Service for close to 4 decades. Uh, it was sold by the city in 1988 for what I can gather, uh, we just simply didn’t have a place to store it.

00:06:30,100	At that time we had 2 fire stations and our public works facility was, uh, located on 9th Street across from the police station, which is now owned and operated by the Bismarck Public School District.

00:06:46,900	Uh, we just simply ran out of room and in 1988 the fire truck was sold at city auction at a surplus auction, and it was purchased by a local couple, Jim and Jan Beck. Many people may know the Becks. They have affiliations with other um wonderful things in the Bismarck Mandan community, particularly Huff Hills, and formerly the Fort Lincoln trolley, um, some friends of mine, uh, know that I’m a history enthusiast and they are friends with the Beck family

00:07:08,800	and through conversations said, Hey Jason, how would you like to see an old Bismarck fire truck and without hesitation, I said yes, where is it? And the Becks were kind enough to uh, basically let me and some others check this thing out. Uh, it was earlier this summer. It was stored here in Bismarck.

00:07:25,900	Jim kept it active up until probably the last 3 years or so. Uh, occasionally it was involved in Fourth of July parades or parades over here in Bismarck, um, but for the last few years anyway, it had, it had sat idle and in storage, and I was really excited to check it out and as

00:07:44,700	we were putting the tart back on it and kind of buttoning it all up and getting ready to shut the garage door again. I smiled to Mr. Beck, and I said, if this thing is ever for sale, I said, I’m asking on behalf of the city of Bismarck.

00:07:56,730	I said, if you would, I would appreciate you letting me know, and he smiled and he said, Well, it’s for sale right now. And I said, give me a few weeks.

00:08:10,700	I said I need to talk to some people and then we had an executive session here and I shared the information with the commissioners and went back and worked out a mutual agreement, uh, to purchase a fire truck back and um I’m glad to say that um the transaction went very smooth.

00:08:33,000	The banks were very gracious that the city was going to reacquire this property, um, from the firefighters’ aspect from the side of our fire department, um, and speaking with uh Fire Chief Joel Baflug and and some of the other staff over there. This has been a tremendous morale boost for our firefighters. This is a, it was really exciting to see all of them working together to get this thing out of the garage and onto the trailer and over to Public Works where it sits today.

00:08:49,070	Uh, we transported it on trailer to Public works where the mechanics will work through the working parts of the engine and making sure that it’s safe to drive.

00:09:12,000	From there, the plan is to store it temporarily at Fire Station 2, which is on Expressway Avenue, and I believe uh the firefighters are fire department personnel are working on uh putting glass panels in one of the garage bays, so as you drive by an expressway, you’ll be able to look through that glass garage door and see the front of this truck, and then we’re looking for all sorts of opportunities to share this thing with the community.

00:09:23,430	As I mentioned, it’s a 1926 model and so next year it will be its 100th birthday. Uh, it’s a working fire truck. It has battle scars. It has patina, but it is also a wonderful piece of Bismarck history, and I’m so proud to be a part of this and uh you know, kind of bringing it home as we might

00:09:40,470	say, um, and I just want to say thanks to the commissioners for your unanimous support when I came to you and asked if we should do this.

00:09:50,270	I think there was a race to see who could make the motion in the second because there was a lot of enthusiasm from this table too, so I’m glad to be a part of that. I’m, I’m glad for the fire department. I’m glad for Bismarck. I’m thankful for the Becks for taking care of it for all these years. And if there’s any questions I’d be happy to try and answer those.

00:10:03,730	No questions, but I think we don’t have a photo of it here tonight, but you had a photo of it at the executive meeting, and it’s pictured in, I think, kind of a iconic Bismarck black and white photo that I think a lot of people that grew up in Bismarck would recognize the fire truck in downtown Bismarck

00:10:20,370	with the Patterson behind it. I think the Chief is on it. Um, it’s a very cool photo that I think has been repurposed a lot in Bismarck. So I think people will recognize it, which is also really cool.

00:10:33,730	Madam Chair, actually on the consent agenda, you can click on the documents and there’s a couple of photos of it. Oh, perfect. So you can go find it on on the website, and I know if I may, Commissioners, our communications strategist K Kayen Os is working on a press release as well, and that was going to follow the action tonight, so we’ll, we’ll

00:10:50,270	hopefully have some more opportunity to talk to local media about this and and show some stories and some pictures of it as well, and we’ll see what the future holds for the whole thing. Great, thanks, Jason OK, we will move on to the regular agenda. I’ll make a motion to approve vitamin D6. 0, thank you.

00:11:08,900	And, and second, thank you, Comm Zenker. Thank you. Um, so we have a motion and a second, uh, any further discussion? OK, go ahead and call roll Comm Connelly, yes. Mayor Schmitz Yes, Comm Rischch Yes, Comm Zenker, yes, Chair Clery, yes.

00:11:35,170	OK, now we will move on to regular agenda I A is public hearing on the application to transfer the Class D, uh, alcohol license from TBM Group LLC, Polar Package Place. uh, and Lucky’s Bar to Mapack Properties LLC, Lucky bars, uh, Lucky’s Bar Polar package on 2176 East Thayer Avenue. Uh, this is a public hearing. Anyone who wishes to speak on this agenda item, please come forward. I, I’m Kevin Sheedy.

00:12:20,970	S C H I E V E. Uh I do not understand why we would ever approve this. Uh how can you let charitable gambling get to this state. We’ve got $1.2 billion going into charitable gambling. If you figure the numbers out, it’s $1500 for a man, woman, and child in this state.

00:12:50,430	that they would have to spend for them to make that kind of money. And where’s this money gonna go? To a rich man a man that’s selling two bars. and he’s very wealthy with other interests. Uh I don’t understand where charitable gamblings going. This is not what the legislature intended when they brought in charitable gambling.

00:13:18,700	That money should go to places. It should go to if if nothing else out of our community. to Saint Jude’s or something like that, you know, somewhere where it’s needed. It Nobody should be able to own a bar. And I don’t think it’s legal in the first place. An organization or closely related organization.

00:13:47,530	should be ineligible for a license or permit. This is in our code our state code a nonprofit social hobby, trade, business, professionally professional. similarly club. or association or organization. Primary person purpose mainly provide a direct benefit to its officers or members is not a public-spirited organization eligible for a license. That’s written.

00:14:27,230	You guys should actually, I have papers for you. How can we do this And I think it’s up to you guys to determine this, and uh Attorney general that. One of A county, city, state, political subdivision or federal entity is not eligible for a gaming license or permit.

00:15:48,170	It’s in the, I think it’s in the 246 pages. That’s the first page I just gave you. If people do not read. the whole 246 pages without letting this go, uh it’s wrong. Uh our Attorney general should not let this go.

00:16:21,730	Drew Wrigley has to approve it He should read those 246 pages and I couldn’t get through it in the last few days. It’s ominous Uh there’s so many places this money could go. It should not be going to buy bars. Uh and where, you know, who’s licenses or whose name is going on that alcohol license. I tried finding that out. I couldn’t find it out.

00:16:51,700	Actually, I can’t find out, uh if this deal even went down. It didn’t. it wasn’t in the register of deeds today. uh Where do the profits go Do the profits from these bars now go to nonprofit? I’m tired of nonprofit.

00:17:21,630	I don’t even like the Sanford’s doing their business, buying up every lot in town just to maintain their status of a nonprofit organization. It’s not right It’s basically building monopolies. They own, Matt Pack owns. Krystal’s Bar in Lincoln Now they’re buying 2 more bars in Bismarck. Why do they have $7 million in their coffer. Why that money should be spent. That money should be given away.

00:17:54,730	It should go to some charity that it was intended for. not to buy a bar. and why are you people letting this go? I think you have the last say other than Dre Wrigley. Are the do the nonprofit own the buildings Can you tell me that Anybody? No Uh, do the who’s on the board of these nonprofits.

00:18:41,630	I mean, the answers, we need answers before we let this thing go through. Um, it’s ridiculous. Um, I just, for some clarification, and I think um Julie might be able to answer a couple of your other questions too, but, um, in the application process, they do have to, when you ask like who owns, who were the

00:19:04,330	officers who’s on the board, that people are listed. There is redacted personal information, but um they they do list their officers and stuff, so I mean, it’s, it’s all in their documents would be on the liquor license, which is sold.

00:19:26,000	uh via the city, correct? No Where’s the liquor license come from? The liquor license, I mean, it’s being transferred, so it’s going from one entity to another in this case. And you have control of how many liquor licenses there are in the city, correct? Uh, I mean, yes, because there is a cap on the class D liquor licenses, and they have to be approved.

00:19:46,800	I can’t buy that liquor license. Most people can’t, but when you put $1.2 million out there, and, and these uh nonprofits. are spending that money like drunken sailors. That’s not right. Uh, you can’t go out and buy bars. I mean, why not give it to anybody Uh, you can find things to give this money to.

00:20:16,170	rather than bars, uh there are people in need out there, you know. I certainly I, I, even a homeless, and I’m not a Guy that likes homeless shelters.

00:20:42,800	But if you got to spend $7 million on a homeless shelter, I’d say that’s way better than, uh putting it into uh buying a bar and what are you gonna do with all in profits? I mean, you’re only gonna make more money once you own the bar. I understand they can only have 10 machines in a bar. Is that correct? And in a certain place. I know that there are limitations.

00:21:02,870	Yeah Now is that gonna change when you own the bar, you know, being as you don’t have to pay. So. Now, they don’t have to pay for their machines. All of those restrictions, I believe, are set by the state code if I’m remembering correctly so some pages so, yes, so some of this legality that I’m gonna ask Julie to answer a few of your

00:21:20,900	questions as far as like, is it legal, that sort of stuff, um. a lot of that is though we. are the ones approving it, we’re approving it based off of the state law.

00:21:40,700	I know that some of this charitable gambling was of discussion at the state legislature and, um, the questions were raised, I think, at the state level as to whether organi which organizations can own the entities, uh, but I don’t believe that that law has changed enough where at a local level, we would be able to stop. it from happening because we have to follow the state law.

00:21:57,100	in these instances, but I’m going to let Julie speak to that because she knows the state law much more than I do. Well, I’ll just clarify, thank you, Chair, Cleary. Matt Pack LLC is a separate entity from the MatackC nonprofit.

00:22:17,970	and Matt Pack LLC has apparently entered into an arrangement to buy these liquor licenses from the current holders. So it’s a limited liability company that is purchasing these liquor licenses. It’s a way around.

00:22:46,800	It’s it’s a 40% of the 60, you know 40% can go for whatever, 60% has to go to uh charitable things We did this all wrong somehow, um I don’t care if I have to go back to the legislature. I spent a lot of time at the legislature, and I can get it, I, I will try to get it changed. and we will get this. I mean, when you got Vicky’s and Man Dan, Lonesome Dove on the strip. all these now and crystals and all being brought up by nonprofit.

00:23:12,900	It’s not right, guys. Come on. Think about it Uh, this charity. it was meant for charity I certainly understand your frustrations. Um, I’m just trying to explain like legally you’rebound we have to follow the state law.

00:23:32,230	I would suggest that if this is something that frustrates you and you want to see change, that change does have to have to happen at the legislature from my understanding, um. but I, I understand your frustration. I think the intent of the legislature. They probably wrote it up wrong in their 247 pages, 6 pages, whatever, uh.

00:23:58,370	But I read that one, Dre Wrigley, how’s the say in this? And I wonder if he’s read that, you know. I hope he’s listening Is anyone else have any questions for Kevin? Thank you. This is a public hearing Anyone who wishes to speak on the agenda item, a please come forward. Second call for public hearing.

00:24:40,170	Go ahead Uh, first of all, thanks for letting me come up here and speak. I’m the Mapack uh board president here in Bismarck, and I just want to make clarify a little bit of things that the gentleman said is that, um, currently we don’t own any bar in in Lincoln. That’s not our, uh, that’s not our property.

00:24:56,170	We don’t want any bars as of right now. And just to clarify with her too is that our, it is the Matack Properties LLC that’s uh in this project right now and everything that we do is not taken out of our gaming money or trust money because that’s regulated by the state.

00:25:13,500	So this is all not bought by gaming money, so I just want to make sure that’s clear on our part and we got our lawyers involved. We went to the banks and everything that we’ve done so far, um, has been too legal through the state and um just want to make sure that everybody knows that we’re doing, um, the right thing.

00:25:25,870	Just for the record, you are Jason. I’m Jason Huber, yes. OK, thank you. Any questions for Jason? Madam Chair, John Eyre, go ahead. Uh, Jason, so Matt Pack is a charitable organization, but Matt Pat also has an LLC and this LLC is now posing to purchase these two liquor establishments, um, where does the LLC get its funding?

00:25:53,100	Yeah, the LLC was, uh, organized, I think in 2022, about 434 years ago. Um, that is stuff that from our, from our state tournaments, that’s from our, um, registrations, that’s from our other things that we do to help raise money for the organization, um, it’s underneath the LLC, and that’s where um this business pro proposition

00:26:14,000	is taking place, not underneath our regular Mat pack. So is the LLC a for-profit entity and we’ll do both these liquor establishments if they go through remain under tax rolls? Um Yeah, I would assume so, yeah, if we’re not leave. I didn’t understand the question. So, so I can, I can probably address that, uh, chair.

00:26:36,470	Go ahead, ma’am. So any charitable organization or organization that is a charitable organization that owns another business that has what’s called unrelated business income. That entity and that income is subject to income tax. Frankly, at the same rate or a higher rate than regular corporate taxes. state and federal OK. Thank you. In property tax as well.

00:27:06,730	And I don’t think the property’s then purchased here, but because for clarification Comm Risch, it’s not the charitable organization that is purchasing the liquor license. It’s the LLC, so they will still all be subject to all of the income taxes, etc.

00:27:29,870	that may or may not apply to charitable organizations when you’re talking about property taxes and stuff, so. any other questions for Jason? Thank you. Thank you, guys 3rd call for public hearing on regular Agenda I A. Anyone who wishes to speak, please come forward. Public hearing is now closed. Commissioners, what are your wishes? Move to approve is presented Second.

00:28:07,000	um, we have a motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? Comm Zenker, Cleary, Comm, so I just wanted to expand out a couple of things, um, uh, two weeks ago at our meeting, that’s one of the reasons why I made when I made the motion to approve the consent agenda to make sure we

00:28:22,800	had public hearing on these two items. Um, 2 that I did, I did contact local legislators, um, and one of them did contact the AG’s office. Um, everything here that we’re doing, because all we’re doing is transferring a liquor license does meet all state and and city ordinances.

00:28:45,600	Um, the optics of it is what’s concerning, um, and I was assured by one of the legislators that I talked to that they will be closing um a couple loopholes in this to make sure that it’s the that both entities are right because Matt Pa has two entities.

00:29:01,500	They’re nonprofit side of things and they’re LLC that there is no, um funds that can quote unquote cross that line. So. Sure. OK. So our simple business that we’re doing tonight is transferring these, uh, liquor licenses. Thank you, Comm Zenker. Yeah, I know that it was a topic at the legislature.

00:29:20,100	I think it will continue to be a topic, but for our sake tonight, it really is just the liquor license transfer, so. uh, any other discussion hearing none, we’ll go ahead and call roll. Comm Risch Yeah Comm Zinker. Yes. Comm Connelly? Yes. Mayor Schmitz. Yes. Char Cleary. Yes. Item B.

00:29:49,530	Public hearing on an application to transfer the Class D alcohol license from TBM Group LLC doing business as Main bar and package store to Mapack Properties LLC doing business as Mab Bar. at 804 East Avenue, East Main Avenue. Um, this is a public hearing. Anyone who wishes to speak on this agenda item, please come forward. Second call for public hearing. 3rd and final call for the public hearing. Public hearing has now closed.

00:30:21,000	What are the wishes of the Commission Moved to approve is presented back at We have a motion in a second. Is there any further discussion? Go ahead and call Roll Comm Zinker. Yes, Comm Connelly. Yes, Mers Schmititz. Yes. Comm Risch Yes, Chaer Cleary. Yes.

00:30:53,170	I C is a public hearing on revision to ordinance 6625, a revision of zoning map amendment from the Agricultural, uh, zoning district to RM20. and a PUD planned unit development in the area of Silver Ranch, 5th edition. Daniel, good evening some stuff for us first.

00:31:17,100	Yes, uh, Mayor and Commissioners, Chair Cleary, the, uh, silveranello, 18 LP and Investorre Incorporated are requesting this revision to zoning map amendment in the area of Silver ranch 5th edition. A Civision because you did approve this ordinance already. Horn 6625 and your July 8th, uh, 2025 meeting.

00:31:34,370	However, it was approved with a plat and the pla t ted for Silver in Fifth edition is still in process of being recorded, uh, in that meantime, the applicant noticed a few changes that they had wished to make to the PUD, uh, essentially the setbacks, the front yard setbacks will be changed from 25 to 20 or 15 on corner lots and then the lot widths would change a little bit from 55 ft to 50 ft.

00:31:51,800	Uh, so those changes are reflected in the ordinance that you have before you this evening, uh, and so the public hearing, I’m sorry, the Planning Commission did hold another public hearing on these changes, and September 24, 2025, and they recommended approval, uh, staff also recommend approval, no comments or concerns were raised during that hearing.

00:32:08,900	So based on these findings, uh, the Planning and Zoning Commission does recommend approval of uh the revisions of this ordinance, uh, to the zoning map Amendment for SilverRach Fifth edition, and I could attempt to answer any questions or I think the applicant has a representative here as well, before the public hearing. doesn’t look like it. Thank you Um, so this is a public hearing.

00:32:28,170	Anyone who wishes to speak on item agenda number 6. Please come forward. Thank you, Chair Cleary Lanon of Swinson Hagen Engineering. Um, yeah, just as Daniel said, we just, uh, a couple of items and maybe we were not specific enough about on when we first came through the PUD that we noticed after the fact, wanted

00:32:45,330	to clarify those a little bit more before we uh before we move forward, but I can answer any questions if you have them. Doesn’t look like it. Thank you. Second call for public hearing. 3rd and final call for public hearing. Public hearing is now closed.

00:33:12,430	What are the wishes of the Commission? Move to I’ll move to approve as presented. Second. All right, we have a motion and a second. Uh, what, um, any further discussion? Doesn’t look like there’s a further discussion. Go ahead and call roll. Comm Connelly? Yes. Mayor Schmititz Yes. Comm Risch Yes. Comm Zinker, yes, Chair Cleary, yes. Item D.

00:33:45,000	Public hearing on ordinance 6643, a zoning ordinance text Amendment to sections 140203 and 140306 of the city code of Ordnance to allow short-term rentals as a use of residential properties within the city limits, and extraterritorial area.

00:34:17,270	Uh, good evening, Chair and Commissioners, uh, the planning department requests approval of a zoning ordinance text Amendment to Sections 14-02-03 and 14-03-06 of the city code of ordinances to allow short-term rentals on as a use on residential properties.

00:34:35,230	Um, just some background, the topic of short term rentals was brought up through the current land Development Code processed by members of the steering committee for that and was identified as a specific area of interest for members within the community. Due to this intra staff, uh, thought it best to have a separate zoning ordinance text amendment for the self-contained topic rather than combining it with the full land development code, um, staff did bring this to the Bismarck Planning and Zoning Commission on April 23, 2025 and asked for direction on this topic.

00:34:53,900	Um, the Bismarck Planning and Zoning Commission directed, uh, staff to prepare a zoning ordinance tax Amendment for short, short term rentals. So the draft, uh, zoning ordinance Tax Amendment includes a definition of short-term rentals. Um, it notes that a residential appearance must be maintained for the property.

00:35:17,000	Um, it does, uh, include information for, uh, only having structures classified as permanent residential units, um, there’s also noise and parking requirements noted there as well as uh uh noting that, uh, requirements of the International Building Code should be met for this. Um, so there were several areas that were reviewed when drafting the zoning Ordinance Tat Amendment, um, short term ordinances and regulations from peer communities.

00:35:40,330	Um, as you can see on the screen here, uh, just some of our peer communities here in it just provides information on which ones have current ordinances which are currently in the process of reviewing them um, or which ones, uh, do have an ordinance, um, and the ones

00:35:57,000	that do have an ordinance, uh, it’s mainly our peer cities within South Dakota, um, and those have uh some various uh requirements related to Permidine, uh, the, the short term rentals, um, as well as some additional requirements, uh, for providing state licensures.

00:36:24,800	Um as part of that, uh, process to draft this ordinance, various zoning practice publications from the American Planning Association, as well as the National League of Cities, um. which highlighted common issues and best practices were reviewed, um, Ho information from Common Short-term Rental uh platforms were reviewed um by staff to determine what was currently required by hosts in our community.

00:36:50,270	from those entities, uh, tax requirements for short term rentals were also reviewed, um, however, those are slightly beyond the purview of zoning, but there is information included in the staff report. um, just to provide some information related to that. Um, short term rental postings in Bismarck, um, were reviewed as well just to pro provide some reference as well.

00:37:11,070	Um uh, to see how many are currently on these platforms, uh, that are currently operating within the community. Um, and a stakeholder group, uh, including representatives from the Bismarck Flaning and Zoning Commission, the Convention and Visitors Bureau, uh, the Chamber EDC, the Downtowners, um short term rental owners as well as city staff from various departments, um, uh, was

00:37:39,470	created to help draft the ordinance, uh, that group met twice between May and July to review the requirements from the peer communities and identify how short-term rentals function within Bismarck Um, additional public engagement incurred for this.

00:38:03,000	An online survey was promoted on the city’s website, um, a copy of the report for that survey is included within your agenda packet. Um, a notice, uh, for both the, uh, planning and zoning Commission public hearing as well as, uh, this public hearing tonight, uh, was published in the Bismarck Tribune on September 12, 19th, as well as, um, for tonight’s meeting, October 17th and 24th. Um, there were some additional comments that were received, um.

00:38:26,900	uh that were against short-term rentals, and that should have been provided to you, um, prior to this meeting. There were several of them, I believe 5 or 4 or 5 of those, um, from an individual, and those were included to you.

00:38:46,700	Um, so this request was evaluated according to the standards contained within the Comprehensive plan, Code of ordinances and state law. Um, and as a result of the findings contained in the staff reports, City of Bismarck staff find that the proposedsoning ordinance text Amendment would not adversely impact the public health, safety, and general welfare.

00:39:19,170	Therefore, staff recommends approval of the zoning Ordinance Tax Amendment to Sections 14-02-03 and 14-03-06 to allow short term rentals as a use on residential properties, as is noted in Ordinance 6643. Do you have questions for me? Any questions for Laurn Thank you. This is a public hearing. Anyone who wishes to speak on ordinance 6643, please come forward. Second call for public hearing 3rd and final call for public hearing.

00:39:52,230	Public hearing is now closed Commissioners, what are your wishes? Move to approve as presented Second So motion in a second. Any discussion? Yes, um Madam Chair, um I just want to thank Lauren and Planning and zoning on their very thorough job on putting together this ordinance and for the citizens of Bismarck who provided lots and lots of

00:40:21,170	comments. When I was reading through all the comments, it kind of struck me. One struck me was the impact on affordable housing. So I had a nice discussion with Lauren yesterday about it and uh the fact is, uh, people could buy a smaller older house, fix it up and make it a short time rental,

00:40:38,700	um or they can buy it, fix it up and make it a long term rental, and I have a couple of friends that actually do that, so I don’t know that it has a great impact on affordable housing, which is a subject I’m really concerned about, but I think they did a good job and I think

00:40:53,800	we need to pass this just to get something on the books. Thank you, Comm Risch Comm Connelly, um, I’ve known people that, uh, having these options available was literally the um crux that help them maintain their homes, um, during COVID when a lot of people were laid off and didn’t have jobs.

00:41:15,600	Um, I know at least 2 people that actually rented out a portion of their home, um, under the Airbnb and that was the sole way that they were able to maintain their home and keep it in their possession and then the job market and then, um, they moved away from that.

00:41:33,270	But then now with the shutdown, I know some other people, um, considering those options because it worked for him in the past. Sure. Any other comments or discussion? Um, looks like we are ready for roll. Mayor Schmitz Yes, Comm Risch Yes. Comm Zinker. Comm Connelly, yes, Chair Cleary. Yes. Item E.

00:42:09,000	Public hearing on Ordinance 6645, a zoning map amendment from RM20 to our RM20 residential zoning district to an RM20 residential and RM 10 residential zoning district in the minor subdivision final plot of Silver Ranch 3rd edition, 3rd Relap. Good evening again, Chair Cleary, Mayor Commissioners So this is a request from Stone Shire Builders LLC, uh, for the zoning map Amendment, a minor subdivision final plot.

00:42:35,270	And there’s also a, uh, private driven and utility agreement which is attached to your agenda as well, which is part of, part of the request.

00:42:50,800	So 33 things in one, essentially what they’re doing is they’re taking one existing uh lot that was zoned or is zoned for multi-family development and dividing it into 13 individual lots, uh, for the purpose of building a row homestyle development. There will be 2 to 3 unit s per building in, in this development, uh, with a, a private drive accessing, uh, from Daviess Drive in the north.

00:43:07,270	So the, um, this is in the northeastern portion of the community in the Silver Edge development just north of 43rd Avenue Northeast on the east side of Silver Eel Drive. So the, uh, the planning com Commission did hold a public hearing on these requests and then, uh, September 24th, uh, 2025, uh, and then based on the findings of that hearing, they

00:43:24,230	did recommend approval of the zoning map Amendment from RM 20 residential to the RM 20 residential and our 10 residential zoning districts. You can see in this map they would retain the RM20 on the northern portion and go to our 10 on the southern portion.

00:43:41,470	uh, and also the minor subdivision final platform of Silver Ranch, 3rd edition, 3rd Replat, uh, staff also recommend approval of the attached private drive and private utility agreement, uh, and this could all be done in one action if you so wish. Any questions for Daniel Thank you This is a public hearing. Anyone who wishes to speak on Ordinance 6645, please come forward.

00:44:07,970	Second call for public hearing 3rd and final call for public hearing. What are the wishes of, or sorry, we’ll go ahead and close the public hearing. Uh, what are the wishes of Commission? Move is presented Second Promotion and a second. Any further discussion? With no discussion, go ahead and call roll. Comm Risch Yes, Comm Zinker, yes.

00:44:38,470	Comm Connelly. Yes, Mayor Schmititz yes. Care Cleary, yes. Item F. Consider the request to receive a presentation and proposed revisions to the utility capital charge process. My goal We’ll see if technology’s my friend today. It is Yeah, well, that, that’s the hardest part for me. Yeah, thanks.

00:45:21,230	Uh, Mayor Chair Commissioners, um, I’m here to just talk to you about our utility capital charge policy, um, a few weeks ago, I brought it before you. We had some requests to revise it.

00:45:36,900	um, to look into making some revisions of it and so what I have tonight is a presentation just about what is our utility capital charge? What’s it based off of today, and then to present some of the proposed changes, um, that we have for you. So basically what is utility capital charges? It’s, uh, we call them UCC’s, uh, came into effect through the 2018 rate study, um, and it was implemented in February 1st of 2019.

00:46:00,170	These changes cover expenses to expand the water and sewer infrastructure, um, and facilities when adding capacity drawing from the system due to new infrastructure, new, new houses being built. There are 4 parts, um, of what this utility capital charge covers from water treatment to water convey ance wastewater collection, and then the wastewater treatment.

00:46:19,370	Uh, the charges are based on the flows or the amount of water that the water meter can use, um, from the system. And so, for instance, a 3/4 inch meter can pull 30 gallons per minute, while 2 inch meter for commercial properties uses about 160 gallons per minute. So UCCs were installed to help replace uh trunk line fees, which were based off of a square footage cost.

00:46:41,800	Uh, these properties that were annexed then prior to the implementation of UCCs in 2019 were given a gifted vesting or give vesting, uh, depending on how you want to look at it and it was based off of their zoning.

00:46:59,430	So and under the UCC system today, uh, when we have water sewer lines that need to be upsized within a new subdivision. uh, the city participates in cost share for that. We are able to utilize the UCCs as a credit, uh, on the developer side to, to pay out down those upsizing.

00:47:20,870	So how this gets triggered, uh, there’s 3 different options here. The major plot, so this is our new subdivisions. um, we collected at the later of 33 scenarios, whether it’s plotting or annexation, uh, the exercising of a water sewer contract or the receiving of street petitions. Uh, minor plots are all collected at the time of planning and annexation. And then we have lot modification.

00:47:43,800	These are our complex ones that we have. So basically, some of these, the property, um, may already be annexed, um, just like you just had in the previous presentation, streets are in and water sewer, um, has already been put to that property. So in these modifications happen, we collect UCC prior to that, uh, lot modification being recorded.

00:48:05,630	These are our tricky ones, the tracking of that’s challenging. I’ll explain a little bit more, um, coming up here. So again, a little bit more about our current system. We collect them at the time of development, um, all residential properties become vested at a 3/4 inch meter size in commercial properties are arrested at 2 inch meter size.

00:48:26,470	Um, then at the time that a building permit is is being issued. We review to make sure that the UCCs have been paid and the builder chooses the meter size that they want to have installed.

00:48:44,000	This can result in, in the, the builder choosing a larger meter than what the ve s ting is, which they’ll have to pay for um the additional UCC or if they choose a smaller meter, which happens quite frequently on commercial properties, uh, with the city then would issue a refund based on those 2 m.

00:49:07,500	So, like I said, the lot modification, this is a lot split combination or replat, we, we then take that time to recalculate the UCCs at that property needs to be charged. So the recalculation is essentially to ensure that the charges are fairly distributed across the newly configured lots.

00:49:27,800	So the, the process can result in additional charges of UCCs or can also result in, in a refund depending on what process is being done. These, these lot modifications do become difficult to track because some of the properties may be properties that were replatted prior or platted prior to 2019.

00:49:55,630	Um, we have to then look at what was some of the, the relatable with the lot modifications that took place. It’s, it’s time consuming and it’s dependent on how large or regular the modifications might be. I do want to note that once a water meter, um, is installed at the property that UCC follows that water meter.

00:50:14,730	Um, so if a property splits and there’s already a water meter on it, that one lot that has it retains its vesting. The new lot would have to pay a new, new UCC. So I use the previous example.

00:50:30,800	They took one large lot and they split it into, uh, let’s just say 10, we would look at what was the original UCC paid on that one lot, and we would calculate what the new ones are. So when you want to understand our rates these are rates for our UCCs for water and sewer. So a 3/4 inch meter is a typical meter size for a residential property that costs us $4,000,637.

00:50:53,730	Uh, commercial properties will vary from 1 to 2 inches. We, we obviously go bigger depending on what they are. Um, but as, as a reminder when a plotted property comes through, it’s called a commercial property. We give it a vesting of 2 inches, a 2 inch meter.

00:51:11,900	So if a developer comes in, wants to plot 10 residential properties, they’ll have, uh, a UCC charge of $46,370. Same thing’s true if there’s 10 commercial lots or a combination thereof, you just take whatever these meter size and you multiply it by that.

00:51:35,230	We do have some instances where, uh, buz some properties in Bismarck do not have the availability to connect to water and sewer. It’s very rare that we have this, but in those instances, we only charge them for the the UCC that’s related to the utility that’s servicing their properties. Uh, they will get charged an additional UCC whenever the city can bring those other services out.

00:51:56,800	So, I’ll pause right now if anybody has any questions on our current process, uh, I’ll take them, otherwise I’ll jump into some of the proposed revisions. Any questions for Michael Doesn’t sound like it. Keep going.

00:52:18,630	So, what have we been doing in the last few weeks? We’ve met with the Bismarck Mandan HomeBuilders Association developers, homebuilder, uh, to discuss potential changes to our policy, uh, so what we’ve kind of all agreed on, we, we have all agreed on. um, that the proposed UCC policy needs to really provide clarity and fairness in how we’re treating parcels that have already paid in a UCC or were part of that trunk line fee.

00:52:36,270	Um, what we’ve done is we said we, we would like to keep these vested for 10 years, um, from the date that our policy changes. After that 10 year period, um, any vacant parcels. I need that paid to UCC would be refunded.

00:52:58,270	Uh, however, any parcels that were plotted prior to 2019 or were part of the trunk line fee would lose their vesting and they wouldn’t be refunded. So some of the proposed changes that we’re looking at include the collection time of the UCC from the time of development to when the building permit is being issued.

00:53:15,730	This allows for the UCC to be charged based on the meter size selected at the time, ensuring that the charges are accurately based on the actual needs for that property. This will help to eliminate the city having to issue refunds, um, or even collecting additional charges at that time. Uh, we do propose leaving the rates the same for the moment.

00:53:37,230	Uh, we think that maintaining these rates for now will help with planning and budgeting for a city’s builders and property owners because this is a certainly a change of who’s going to be paying those UCCs now.

00:53:55,900	And additionally, what we want to do is to create a public facing GIS map. This map will display what the parcel, what parcels are currently vested for, what their meter size is, we’ll include on that map if they have a UCC vesting or if it was a gifted vesting because of trunk line fees, um, we think that this will help to be transparent with property

00:54:13,630	owners, builders, um, that they can easily access a map that they can look at to see if their property will be charged for UCC when they pull a building permit And so what we’re trying to do with these processes is, is to streamline the, the process and enhance transparency with with everybody that’s involved.

00:54:33,170	So, last few things here, uh, one thing that will stay the same is the city will continue to participate in water main upsizing. Um, however, we do lose the ability to use the UCCs as a credit, so, uh, the utility funds would have to make sure that we’re reserving some funds to participate in this.

00:54:53,500	Um, so we have a little bit of a risk that we’re gonna take on budget-wise, um, but we’ve had good working relationships with developers and staff that they’re, they’re coming to the table early on, um, enough to, to help us budget for that ahead of time.

00:55:12,730	So one of the last things we talk about these lot modifications. They, they’re still going to exist, um, the city wants to just reserve the right to, to make a refund at any point during a lot modification. It, it’s case dependent.

00:55:30,370	Some of them get pretty complex and it might just be easier to refund, uh, the UCC upfront, and then if that happens when those properties do pull a building permit, they would have to, uh, pay for their UCC at that time. Um, again, it goes back to any of those gifted vestings that that were plotted prior to 2019, they would not receive, um, a refund on the UCCs.

00:55:49,530	We’re gonna be aware of that as we do lot modifications to be fair in that we’ll, we’ll try to distribute it out, um, but a lot of times those trunk line fees did not equal the same amount of what our UCC fees are today. And so that’s why there typically isn’t a refund associated with those.

00:56:11,370	So what’s our next steps? Um, if you accept this tonight, we can draft up a revised policy to be brought back to the commission, hopefully in December here we’ll start working on creating a map, um, and our, our goal is to have an implementation date of January 1st.

00:56:31,170	So with that I can take any questions or direction from from the commission Any questions for Michael Uh, Madam Chair, go ahead, Comm Risch. Yeah, Michael, good presentation, well thought out.

00:56:59,000	Um, my only issue question is, um, there’s not going to be any increases in the UCC fees, uh, it was last updated in 2019 and now we’re talking about an implementation of January 1st, 2026, inflation has been quite robust in those last at least 5 years.

00:57:20,800	So what’s, what’s the thought behind that? Mayor Comm, Chair, um, Comm Risch, right now, the city, uh, utility operations is going through a master plan of our water and sewer system, and we’ll have some better knowledge after we go through that of what our future needs for expansion.

00:57:36,530	Both our water plant and wastewater plant have already had their master plans completed, um, it’s probably something we are going to look at in a few years when we look at rates as a whole, but we’re trying to get through these master plans so that we have uh a good handle of what our system needs to be able to continue to support growth within Bismarck. Any other questions for Michael? Madam Chair, I just, I wanna thank uh Michael and also I know Comm Zenker was a part of this.

00:58:01,000	We, we both met with the stakeholders uh several times, uh, along with Michael and uh other team members. So I think this has been pretty well thought out, and again, this has taken a bit of a burden, in my opinion, off of the lot purchases, so there’s not carrying cost added on top of the UCC charge prior

00:58:20,100	to the building permit being pulled, which could be 10 years after the lot, maybe one on online originally, so. potentially doubling that cost to a buyer. Absolutely Alright, I think doesn’t look like there’s any other questions. So you’re looking for direction. It depends on what you want. Do you want, let’s start with this.

00:58:45,270	Do you want me to bring it back, the policy with at, at a consent agenda or a regular agenda? On consent, then I would ask for a motion tonight to proceed with these changes as presented. I’ll make a motion to have Michael, uh, proceed with changes with the policy adopted in the, in the December meeting.

00:59:03,800	2nd motion and a second any further discussion? So, so is that to be as a consent agenda item or as a regular agenda item consent. and I’m fine with that. I just wanted to clar clarity. OK, there’s a motion and a second. Um, any further discussion on top of that? OK, go ahead and call roll.

00:59:30,530	Mayor Schmitz Yes. Comm Risch Yes, Comm Zinker. Yes, Comm Connelly? Yes. Chair Cleary, yes. Item G. Consider the request to discuss the 2026 Citizen Academy program. Good evening, Mayor Commissioners, Chair Cleary. Uh, it’s almost November again. Time flies. It just seems like we just finished Citizens Academy last April.

01:00:12,270	So, um, we’re here again because November is, um, application period for Citizens Academy. This year will be the, the 5th, excuse me, 5th season of Citizens Academy. We started our Citizen Academy program back in 2022, that first class had 12 citizens who joined and learned all about all the work that we do in the city.

01:00:34,630	Um, in 23 and, and through last year, we had 20 participants, um, from individuals from across the city in various demographics from college students or, or, or young adults all the way through individuals who are retired.

01:00:52,970	Um, a little explanation for those listening and in the audience of to what Citizen Academy is if you’re unfamiliar with it. Uh, it’s really a class where we have organized all of our departments to do a presentation for, um, the 14 city where we actually have 17 city departments now and um, it’s an opportunity for those interested in municipal government or just curious of how things work in Bismarck.

01:01:13,070	We’ve had several individuals who were very new to our community, um, last year, who were just curious, like what, what goes on in the city of Bismarck? How do we get all these services that we, that we currently have. So as I stated previously, we’ll accept applications during the month of November.

01:01:31,730	Uh, we will accept 2 individuals to participate in the course. It is 12 weeks long. It begins on January 8th and it’ll occur every Thursday evening for 12 weeks. So it, it’s, um, a little bit of a commitment.

01:01:48,800	We strongly encourage those who, who do apply to make sure that they have the time because there’s a lot of material and we want folks that are, that are really engaged. Um, I’ve been able to participate in all 5 seasons, the 1st 3 of which I was just presenting information as a city forester, and last year I got to go through the entire Citizen Academy for the first

01:02:06,970	time and, um, I thought I knew a lot about the organization, but it was extremely fruitful for myself, who’s been involved with, with the city for over 10 years now.

01:02:24,070	So a little, um, explanation as to what citizens can expect or participants can expect for the 1st 2 weeks, there’s gonna be a lot of information thrown at you. It’s gonna be pretty high level talking to Fiscal Admin, um, human resources, legal, municipal court are IT department, um and assessing.

01:02:44,970	So there’s a lot of base information that’s going to be laid out those first two weeks and then from there we go and visit all the other departments around the city. So it’s a lot of field trips, um, you get a, uh, a lot of opportunities to ask questions and, and from everything that I’ve observed, those that are involved really ask great questions and a lot of times there’s questions that aren’t in the material that we

01:03:01,000	prepare. So they’re really, um, detailed and everybody learns from it. So it’s a great opportunity for those that are interested in municipal government I’ll repeat it for the third time, but it’s also an opportunity for those who are interested in maybe getting involved in municipal government, and it’s a segue into the next item, but

01:03:19,000	there’s lots of opportunities to serve our city through, um, boards and commissions and being a part of Citizens Academy gives you a good base or foundational knowledge to begin serving our community. And Comm Risch participate in season one and look at him now. He’s city Comm.

01:03:43,170	So, um Eyn, I believe, is going to post on Friday, uh, sometime Friday in the afternoon. So the application period will be open at that point, and I will stand for any questions you may have regarding Citizen Academy. Any questions for Doug I would just encourage anyone that’s even remotely interested to, um, consider doing it.

01:04:02,800	I think it’s super valuable. I think from the city per perspective, um, I try to attend, um, some of my portfolios every year. Um, and it’s really great to highlight just how amazing our staff is too. I think it’s fun for citizens to get to see how hard our team works at the city.

01:04:19,430	So it’s always been a highlight for me. So if, if you’re interested, I would definitely encourage you to, to try it this year. Thank you for mentioning that, uh, portion. Our staff does a fantastic job of showing the passion that they have for the work that they do.

01:04:36,600	And oftentimes they, they don’t get a lot of appreciation and acknowledgement for that, but we have some really talented and um knowledgeable and passionate individuals that serve our community, and they really are able to show that during those presentations. Uh, Madam Chair Yes, Mr.

01:04:57,330	Rich Yeah, thanks, Doug, for carrying this on and thanks, Jason for the Guy that really uh made this thing happen to begin with, uh, as Doug mentioned, I was in the first academy and I was just amazed at the complexity of the city and the talent of our, uh, city of employees. So I’d encourage anybody out there in TV land that is watching this to apply for this and um it’s an eye opener.

01:05:14,800	Thanks, Comm Risch. Anything else for Doug? No, sir OK. Um, I’m assuming you’re, you’re staying up there? OK. Item H, uh, consider the request to receive information regarding the expiration of terms and application periods for boards, commissions and committees serving the city of Bismarck. All right, thank you, Chair Cleary.

01:05:38,530	Uh, during the month of November, the city of Bismarck will be accepting applications. from individuals looking to serve our community. Uh, there are 10 boards, committees or commissions that support local government operations of the City of Bismarck and have vacancies that can be filled by any interested residents, um, on the memo, it

01:05:58,700	says 9, we added a new board which I will elaborate on. Um, I’m gonna read these to you and, uh, with the, the number of vacancies that we have. So, uh, first board is the Animal advisory board. We’ll have 4 vacancies, the Human Relations Committee with two Vi Fund 1, Forestry Advisory Board, we have 2.

01:06:18,970	The Renaissance Zone Authority will have to planning and zoning Commission. We’ll have 3 city representatives. The Board of Adjustment will have 2, the historic preservation Commission will have 2. Bismarck Parking Authority will have to in the new committee.

01:06:38,230	is the Community Advisory Committee, and there will be 8 positions open. Um, there is a lot of explanation as to what each of these boards are on our city’s website where you will find the applications. Um to elaborate on what the community Development Advisory Committee is.

01:06:58,600	Um, this group is led by staff from the Bismarck, um Community Development department and makes recommendations on applications, requests for federal grant funds allocated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

01:07:12,000	There will be 8 members that will serve on this committee and there will be 3-year terms, and I’m sure the details of how that’s gonna be staggered is going to be worked out over the next few weeks. So, if you have any questions, um I stand for any questions. It’s a great opportunity for past citizens Academy graduates to get their foot in the door and keep pushing that Citizen Academy for the next month.

01:07:31,100	Um, so any questions you might have? Any questions for Doug about the board appointments. I don’t think so Thank you, Doug. Thank you. All right, that brings us to other business. Anyone have other business? Madam Chair Go ahead, Comm Risch. I have a feeling you and I will probably want to talk about the same thing, so I’ll let you do it.

01:07:49,900	Well, well, I think you should go first, being in folio. OK. Well, I guess, I just wanted to mention that it is Dmitri’s last commission meeting as our director of finance, come on up so that I can embarrass you. Uh, just kidding, I won’t do that.

01:08:08,970	I just wanted to take a moment to thank you. I think you were one of the first, uh, city employees that I met with when I decided to run for city, city commission, and I have just enjoyed my time with you immensely.

01:08:27,170	I think you have been a huge asset to the city, to myself personally, uh, jumping into the finance portfolio is not something I do for a living or have what I would consider a great understanding of, and I’ve learned so much from you, and I think that your staff would say the same.

01:08:40,970	I think you’ve been a great leader for our, our organization, and I just wanted to thank you for the time you’ve invested in it. Thank you. Thank you If, if I may say a few words, if that’s OK. Yes, absolutely. Yeah, um, I just want to say it’s, it, you know, I do have a PowerPoint tonight. Am might take another hour.

01:09:00,630	Um, you just lay back, Comm Zin lay back down. No, I, I’m very grate. I’m very grateful to, uh, and blessed to have this been given this amazing opportunity to serve the city. the commissioners, and, and the community over the last over last over 6 years now. Uh, I learned a lot.

01:09:20,430	I learned about finance, I learned about budgets, learned about politics, teamwork, um, I did learn that cows do not come home to roost, but rather chickens do. I did learn that. Um, I truly enjoy working with with a fellow of the city staff, and I had the pleasure of managing fiscal services, assessing NIT, uh, I learned a lot more than I thought I would ever.

01:09:39,730	Um, these are very talented and amazing individuals. Um, during my time, which achieved many goals because of their talent, dedication and hard work. Uh, my successor, whoever it may be, will be very fortunate to work with such amazing people. Um, I work closely with all city staff.

01:09:57,370	These people are extremely talented as, as, you know, Doug mentioned, you know, they’re, they’re dedicated, they’re, they’re passionate, they work tremendously hard and to serve this community, um, you know, year round whether it’s uh, you know, rain or shine, um, I can ask and I honestly can call these people my friends. I’ve made a lot of relationships in the city, including you commissioners.

01:10:14,370	It’s been a truly a pleasure and an honor, um, and I wanna, I want to thank the current and former commissioners that hired me and worked with me throughout all this time and put up with me.

01:10:32,270	I want to thank former administrator Hunky, administrator Tomonic, Assistant Administrator Wis old department directors and their staff that have put up with me and all my nos and yeses and whatever else I threw at them, um, um, you have some great leadership here. You really do, truly do, and you’ve done a great job hiring the people that you have.

01:10:47,730	and so I’m sad to leave, um, I really appreciate the trust you’ve given me with the city’s finances. I know it’s not, it’s sometimes it can be a very controversial subject, but I really appreciate the trust and the and the honor you’ve given me of, of, of serving you in that way. Um, I will continue to live in Bismarck. I’m not going anywhere.

01:11:02,430	I will continue to fully support the city and pay my taxes, whatever they may be to serve the citizens, to to receive the to receive the, the services that I get.

01:11:22,170	I really like the services that we receive as as citizens and, uh, you know, I, I’m unlike uh uh I I am very much a citizen of Bismarck and will continue to be, I will truly miss everyone and thank you all for putting up with me and giving me the opportunity. It’s been a privilege and honor and a blessing. Thank you. Madam Chair Naresh, yeah, uh, thank you for your service, Dmitri.

01:11:42,530	I consider you a financial rock star, and I just wish you all the best in this next chapter of your life. Uh, you’ve been a great asset to our city. You’ve developed and cultivated and mentored an excellent staff and we’ll continue to benefit from that, but wishing you all the best, Dimery. Thank you, Comm Risch Is there any other business